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Presenting detailed discussions of product design for assembly, the book contains over 500 drawings, tables, and equations, and numerous problems and laboratory experiments that help clarify and reinforce essential concepts. Highlighting the importance of well-designed products, the book covers design for manual assembly, high-speed automatic and robot assembly, and electronics assembly. The new edition includes the popular Handbook of Feeding and Orienting Techniques for Small Parts, published at the University of Massachusetts, as an appendix. This provides more than 100 pages packed with useful data and information that will help you avoid the costly errors that often plague high-volume manufacturing companies.

In today's extremely competitive, highly unpredictable world, your organization needs to constantly find new ways to deliver value. Performing the same old processes in the same old ways is no longer a viable option. Taking an analytical yet practical approach to assembly automation, this completely revised second edition gives you the skill set you need not only to deliver that value, but to deliver it economically and on time.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
Historical Development of the Assembly Process
Choice of Assembly Method
Social Effects of Automation
References

DESIGN FOR MANUAL ASSEMBLY
Introduction
Where Design for Assembly Fits in the Design Process
General Design Guidelines for Manual Assembly
Development of a Systematic DFA Analysis Method
DFA Index
Classification System for Manual Handling
Classification System for Manual Insertion and Fastening
Effect of Part Symmetry on Handling Time
Effect of Part Thickness and Size on Handling Time
Effect of Weight on Handling Time
Parts Requiring Two Hands for Manipulation
Effects of Combinations of Factors
Threaded Fasteners
Effects of Holding Down
Problems with Manual Assembly Time Standards
Application of the DFA Method
Further General Design Guidelines
References